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SUSE: 2018:2158-1 Moderate: ovmf Security Update for SLES 12-SP3

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Calendar Grey August 1, 2018
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The latest ovmf release tackles a significant security flaw and introduces enhancements for improved interoperability. Discover additional details!
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for ovmf provide the following fix: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-0739: Update openssl to 1.0.2o to limit ASN.1 constructed types recursive definition depth (bsc#1094290, bsc#1094291). Bug fixes: - Only use SLES-UEFI-CA-Certificate-2048.crt for the SUSE flavor to provide the better compatibility. (bsc#1077330) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1470=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 x86_64): ovmf-2017+git1492060560.b6d11d7c46-4.9.4 ovmf-tools-2017+git1492060560.b6d11d7c46-4.9.4

References

#1077330 #1094290 #1094291

Cross- CVE-2018-0739

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-0739.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077330

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094290

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094291

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2158-1
Rating: moderate

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